# Lectern Peak > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lectern_Peak > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lectern_Peak.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectern_Peak > Source revision: 1355750968 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Lectern Peak | image = Lectern Peak, Alberta.jpg | image_caption = North aspect | elevation_m = 2772 | elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/lectern-peak.html|title=Lectern Peak, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2022-12-31}} | prominence_m = 206 | prominence_ref = | isolation_km = 0.83 | isolation_ref = | range = [Trident Range](/source/Trident_Range)
[Canadian Rockies](/source/Canadian_Rockies) | parent_peak = [Aquila Mountain](/source/Aquila_Mountain_(Alberta)) (2,840 m) | listing = [Mountains of Alberta](/source/List_of_mountains_of_Alberta) | country = [Canada](/source/Canada) | region_type = Province | region = [Alberta](/source/Alberta) | part_type = Protected area | part = [Jasper National Park](/source/Jasper_National_Park) | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | label_position = right | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Lectern Peak | coordinates = {{coord|52|44|42|N|118|06|42|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IACUG|name=Lectern Peak|accessdate=2022-12-31}} | topo = [NTS](/source/National_Topographic_System) {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|D|9}} | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }} '''Lectern Peak''' is a {{Convert|2772|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain [summit](/source/summit) located in [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada. ==Description== Lectern Peak is set within [Jasper National Park](/source/Jasper_National_Park), in the [Trident Range](/source/Trident_Range) of the [Canadian Rockies](/source/Canadian_Rockies). The town of [Jasper](/source/Jasper%2C_Alberta) is situated {{convert|15|km|mi}} to the north and the [Continental Divide](/source/Continental_Divide) is {{convert|15|km|mi}} to the west. The nearest higher neighbor is [Aquila Mountain](/source/Aquila_Mountain_(Alberta)), {{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the south. The peak is visible from the [Icefields Parkway](/source/Icefields_Parkway) to the east.{{cite peakfinder|id=767|name=Lectern Peak|access-date=2022-12-31}} Precipitation [runoff](/source/Surface_runoff) from Lectern Peak drains into Portal Creek and [Astoria River](/source/Astoria_River) which are both tributaries of the [Athabasca River](/source/Athabasca_River). [Topographic relief](/source/Topographic_relief) is significant as the summit rises 900 meters (2,950 feet) above the creek in two kilometers (1.2 mile). A partial ascent of the mountain was made in 1913 by Geoffrey E. Howard who named the peak for its resemblance to a church [lectern](/source/lectern).Morrison Parsons Bridgland, Robert Douglas, Édouard Deville (1917), ''Description of & Guide to Jasper Park'', Canada Department of the InteriorHoward Palmer, James Monroe Thorington (1921), ''A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada'', American Alpine Club, p. 151 He was accompanied by Arnold L. Mumm and Moritz Inderbinen on the expedition. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted March 5, 1935, by the [Geographical Names Board of Canada](/source/Geographical_Names_Board_of_Canada). ==Climate== Based on the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification), Lectern Peak is located in a [subarctic climate](/source/subarctic_climate) zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. ==Geology== The mountain is composed of [sedimentary rock](/source/sedimentary_rock) laid down during the [Precambrian](/source/Precambrian) to [Jurassic](/source/Jurassic) periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the [Laramide orogeny](/source/Laramide_orogeny).{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}} ==Gallery== Jasper (51629300591).jpg|Lectern Peak, with the top of [parent](/source/line_parent) Aquila Mountain (left) ==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}} * [Geography of Alberta](/source/Geography_of_Alberta) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper Jasper National Park] * Lectern Peak: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6051494/Canada/Alberta/Lectern%20Peak weather forecast] {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Lectern Peak | North = [Marmot Mountain](/source/Marmot_Mountain) | Northeast = [Icefields Parkway](/source/Icefields_Parkway) | East = [Athabasca Valley](/source/Athabasca_River) | Southeast = [Astoria River](/source/Astoria_River) | South = [Aquila Mountain](/source/Aquila_Mountain_(Alberta)) | Southwest = [Chak Peak](/source/Chak_Peak) | West = Portal Creek | WNW = [Peveril Peak](/source/Peveril_Peak) | Northwest = [Terminal Mountain](/source/Terminal_Mountain) }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}} Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park Category:South Jasper Ranges --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lectern Peak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectern_Peak) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectern_Peak?action=history)). 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